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Tile world may now two Venui's adore, Ten of the Musts, and the Graces four; Su charming Sus tongue, so sweet her face, ihe's a - new-Muse, a Venus, and a Grace. I. H. MR. RAUZZINI. b 2 OCaAPHICAL SKETCH Or MR. nAtTzziwa, FROM THI3 BATH HERALD. Of this Gentleman, who is in a manner identified with the advancen:ent of the city of Bath, to its pre sent eminence in the world of fashion, we regret that our limits_ will only alloW us to insert a brief-account. S gn )1. Venanzio Rauzzini was a native of Rome ; sett was dedicated from his infancy to the profession of music. At an early age he . had.acquired consi derable celebrity, and„whtle a very young man, was, engaged as principal singer at the opera . at Vienna. In the great cities of Germany, , this was a very distinguished station; and in some of the. petty Cairts, where the business of a Prime Minister con sisted chiefly in arranging the amusements of his Master, the appointment of a leading singer was one di the moat important functions attached to his blgti offi.,:e. From Vienna Mr. It. was induced to Proceed to Munich and rensaiued several years in the servi*e of the Eletlor of Bavaria. At this time be was seen by Dr. Burney, in whose musical tour he is mentioned in terrris;. of warm sPprobation. In 1774, he was engaged as one of the principal singers at the English Opera; and brought with him to England the reputation of being the best Ferforther on the piano -forte we had Yet seen, and of understanding compositi . pn better than any public singer who had preceded him. After a short tesidence in the metropolis, he game to Bath, and` formed a connetaion .with La lqutte, as condudor of the concerts. The itnpru •den.:e of the latter obliged him shortly after to with draw, and Rauzzini was left singly in the concern, Which he continued, from that period,' to condua with the greatest credit to himself, and the most . perf e c t sat i s f ac ti on on t h e part (:f the public : it. is ended a fad of general notoriety, that no under taking of a similar nature in this kingnotn,lets been ,so ably an successfully carried on. As - a scientific musician, Rauzzini has long ranked foremost.' He was the composer of several Operas, and of ea great variety of detached pieces, of acknow ledged merit. His taste and abilities-as a teacher Were unrivalled. Sotne.of our fir•t performers have • ingenuously avowed the 'benefit which they derived from his instruction and; dvice--; and the public will acknowledge' its share of the. obligat ion, since Mara, tillington, Mountain, Braharn, and Incledon, may be turned 'amongst his pupils. in pric%::e file fen men were more esteemed; hoer.: more generally beloved. A polished suavity of inaneer, a mild and cheerful disposition, and a copious fund of general and polite information, ren dered him an attractive and agreeable, companion,_ Constitut loyally generous and hospitab:e, he delight ed in Society : . H , 5 natural gaiety of femper, the mode of his educ ainn, and an improvidence, common atnongst countrymen,..aild those of his profession, 'cc:ca.; tionally involved him in difficulties ; but his pm ' (lea' embarrassments were oLca•ioned early in life, by the advantages which were taken of his inexpe rience and facility., • In Mr. Rauzzini, this city has sustained a pub lic loss. 'By his assiduity and liberality, by his con summate taste, and undisputed abilities, lie brought together a larger proportion of musical talents than Was to be found at any other regular amusement of • a similar kind even in the metropolii. As a con. duaor he has scarcely left hiS .Fqual ; and many eminent performers were inchiced, solely by their personal .esteem and respe& for him, to appear at the Bath Concerts. It is to be hoped that .th,ese may continue to be concluded - on x plan equally spirited and. liberal ; and that an amusement which, tinder Rauzzini, contributed so much to the fa shionable attractions of our city, will not be suf. ferecito decline fur ‘k ant of exertion or encourage ment. • Mr. Rauzzini had completed his 62d year, when his death took place, on 'Sunday last, at his house,' iu Gay-street, Bath. , Uwe may trust report, the re-building of Drury l'ane Theatre will aaually commence in about a fortnight. The insurance money, and that which a rose from the sale of the old materials, is, it is said, b . S' Consent of all‘ parties, to be allotted in the first instance to this purpose, and a subscription is - to l ake place, for supplying what will be necessary for the completion of the stru6turo. Mrs. MOORE, who has acquired no slight estima t ion as an Actress at Liverpgol, Birmingham, Chel t'-'llhant, and other Provincial Theatres, is, we un (krsrand to make her debut shortly on the London r-;_qart-113. It is a curious circinnstabce respecting this ,dy, that the was the first Adiress with" whom 1 ," 1 1:1i; BETTY appeared on theatrical boards, when '' n e performed Zara to his Osmyn at .Belfwit, and .thrado/ph to his Douglas, when he finally 'k le4ve of the Stage at Stratford upon Avon. The vi2+ti of the LANSDOWNE MARBLES closed They were estimated at 16,0001. but '!J the present Marquis, in order that they be - kept in the family, fOr 14,0061. He, ever, offered- but 10,0001, and hence they are of•to the British Museum. The first •,-;111nliie was made by Mr. 'IIIESJIAM, whose taste ri•J judgment in works of art are indisputable.- - second, at Lord LANSDOWNIeS desire, by _ • ‘ .2Tr PAYNE KNIGHT, Esq. The Dowager Mar thotigh it was by no means likely that a, ,I•Znaser should be found in the public at large, !``-'-rally submitted them for many days to' general and it was a 'high treat, as they zre cer. be ranked wi;11 the most beautiful and va- Itlabft: ofancient Sculpture. ..I,,:erigers per United Kingdorn.'-- For Bengal—Mrs. St. fielena-- Lieutenant Barnes; Ensign,Mr:J. •. , • • 11 , 110, Nlrs. Lane, Mrs. Knipe and fancily, c per Cliarlt , n.—Fv . Bengal—Major .and • Mrs. M,s • Green, airs. liciann, Miss Bretzeeke, Mrs. • ,tlrs, and th,ee Misses - Muston, Messrs. - . Mar. Rafe, Wilson, and Swinton, Cadets. eiiir 6. Z. i. itditthOi tili.eititi, A Meeting hating been called at the abOve Ta , vera, about five o'clock yesterday, Mr. W f iithinan took the Chair: Colonel Wardle, Lord Cochrane, Mr., J. Burdett, Mr. Whitbread, Lord Ossulstone, Mr. Hutchinson; Mr. Haddocks, Mr. Byng, Mr. Creevey, and Mr.' Sl,eritl Wood, were present. The clot h bein g removed— . . 'Mr. WAITHINIAk addressed the Meeting. , He said, they, were there a'ssembled to celebrate, gie atiniwersary of the triumph of 'Col. Wardle over:4;r ruption acid peculation. He then ath'ertecl to the privileges of the House of Commons. •On the late occasion they_had been much overstrained; Air. Burke, Nlr. Fox, and other eininent had made use . of muchstrongcr expressions thap any recently used by . Sir Francis Burdett.. The mea sures resorted to by the -House, proved; they were of opinion, their honour, dignity, .and charaCter, were fast sinking in the estimation of the. nation. The Bill .of Rights had been misconstrued by Mr. Yorke and-the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Many high law authorities could be quoted to prove that no body of men had a right to dispense with tEe laws of the land. He concluded with giving as a toast—:-“ Sir F. Burdett, the defender of Magna Charta i and the laws of the countiy,,and success to his efforts in the cause of Parliamentary Reform." Mr. J. BURDETT stated Sir F. Burdett to be in perfect health, and conscious he was sutferitg in ,a gool cause, pet frctly tranquil in his present confine ment. Under any circumstances and in any situa tion he would ever be ready. to assert the 'liberties of theipe(Tie. Thetollowing toasts were then given : " The King the People ;"—" Sir Fran-. cis Burdett, the defender of Magna Charta, and the Laws. of 'Old England ; and [nay his efforts obtain for the people a full, fair, and free Representation in Parliament.";—(Drunk with three times • three.) May all horse-breakers, and their abettors, by analogy, be brought - to condign punishment i."— " :Mr. Whitbread." Mr.'WHITBREAD rose and addressed the Meeting. He declared his adherence to the principle of Parlia mentary Reform. The privileges of Parliament were iu many instances Of impoitance to the welfare and security of - the People, as was evident from what occurred during the investigation respecting the Duke of York, but in any case in which ,those privileges were applied to other purposes be wished them to be abridged. . The next toasts were—" Sir Sathuel Romilly and Mr. Wardle." Sir S. ROMILLY was not present, , but Mr. Wita- DLE rose, and made a short speech on the subject of Privilege; be contended that in no case could the privileges of , Parliament be exercist-2d against the People. ; Mr. WHITBREAD having taken the. Chair for- a shrift time during the absence of Mr. Warthman, •obierveti that he.must slate, that he Offend a little on the question of Privilege floal that Gentle Man ,and Mr. Wardle. He instanced a case in which he supposed they would allow that the piivileges cf the House might be exercised against ,the people. Suppose that these were both . Members of Parlia.. ..nt, and' th , st on a queston in which they were 'both left in a minority they were' hooted or pekect by the poputace cr, coniiug uut of the House.—, Surely in that case it would be proper (or the House to interfere for their proteation. This observation excited some murmurs in differ : - ent.parts of the room, upon Mr. WHITBREAD said, he was very story any- thing that came from him. should give diisausfaction. He knew however how to say something ,vhich he was sure would be agree able to all who were present,—and that was, by drinking the health of their absent-Chairman Mr. WAITHMAN, on resuming his place,, return ed thanks to the company, 'and gave " Mr. Bynt." Mr. &trio, in a short speech, expressed his' at tachment to the cause of Parliamentary Reform: Lord COCHRANE, on his. health being -_drank,, made a long speech, in which h e i ntro d uce d t h e opinions he has already delivered on different occa sions, resp Ming Reforms in the Navy. Mr. Creevey, Mr. Maddox, MO. Hely Hutchin sson, Mr. Montague Matthew, Aldertnat Combe; t and a great many others, spoke- The meeting was' protracted to a late hour. The infantry quartered in the vicinity of town were yesterday morning inspected in Hyde Park. — The troops began to assemble at eight o'clock, and drew up in line in following order :—A detach ment of the Royal Artillery ; t6e Ist, 2(1,- and 3d, Battalions of the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards; the Coldstream Guards ; the Ct th Foot ; detachments from the Cambridgeshire, Cornish, WeStrnoreland, TowerzHatnlets, East .London, and North YOrk Militia ; the 51st, who wore sprigs of laurel in their caps ; a detachment of the .Suffolk Militia ; the 2d . BattaliOn of the 52d; and the 26th Regiment.— The line extended along theßide, from the Queen's , Barracks, at Kensington, to the entrance into the Park, at Piccadilly. The Right Brigade was corn. manded by Major-General CLINTON, - the centre by Generals LUMLEY and TuriErt, and the left Brigade by Brigadier;General CLINTON. At ten o'clock the Commander in Chief, attended by his Aides-de-Camp and several General Officers ; entered the Park by the Life Guards Barracks, and proceeded to the right of the line, where was re ceived by the Dukes of CUABEitLAI&D, CAMBRIDGE, and GLOUCESTER, the Persian Ambassador and Suite, and a ureat concourse of General and Field Officers. The. Commander in Chief, with a numerous passed. along the front of- the ltne,. and returned in . the same order in the Jear. On his arrival at the right, the troops were thrown into colum n , .and passed the Commander in Chief in review order. The.inspedion concluded about eleven o'clock, and the different regiments filed off the ground to their respective quarters. The ground was. kept by detachments from the 10th and- Isth Light Dra goons. The morning was remarkably fine, and the assemblage of carriages, equestrians, and pedestrians, uncommonly great. The different bands played " God Save the King." We never. belbrejbserved so many elegant equi pages, at so ea k rly an' hour in Hyde Park, they ex ceeded 12.0; all of tbem tilled with elegant females. The 'Westminster Volunteers were atterivardS in spected by Colonel JENKINSON. They mnde a very respectable martial appearance, and mustered near 400 strung. }}~~ r: cs . , CAIM, MA.Rcu 24.—1 t is COnfidetitly reported that of Zenon, on one flank, the MarquiS of llosmina,. fr , stit; !Ave attacked the French aiin,y;.con , 4stitt of the divisioni'under the - command dNey, and*Merle; &'e. to tam ller of between ,t ti and 20,000 men; and driVen them bcfore them, with great glaullheer, as far as Xerrs de los Caballeros. It is further stated; alai a divi sion of 4000 Spanish tbozi has actually entered that lae. A party of 79 Frenchmen have been attacked at Mcron, of whom nine have been killed; and the rest made prisoners. A general levy is going on here;, by order of the Regency. .; TARRAGONA, FEB. 6.—This afternoon arrived here 57 deserters from the enemy ; all of them un fortunate Germans, who had been made priSoners ; in the late war with Austria. A few days before; 300 of the enemy's cavalry deserted io 'us ; and we are assured that there are about 900 of their infan try wandering about" the mountains, waiting only for,the appearance of a body of regulars to surrender t bemseives.. The number of. deserters that have lately entered our service consists, in all, of 1800 men. AItIERIC4N PAPERS. NEW - 7 VOII X, FEB. 1.5.--Congress have refused an appropriation. for a Minister to Madrid. The Pre sident assured the Chevalier Onis,. that no Ambassa r dor should be received from Joseph Buonaparte, while the contest continued in Spain. A Gentleman is at • Washington from Mexico; and is thought to have .some mission for the Pre sident ; he has hai an - interview. He declares tha t Province will decide for independence rather than submit to the Tench. The Council of Appointment of- the Sate of New York is federal ; and has already restored. to office many persecuted patriots, who were by the intolerant democrats ►urned' out, for daring to have . opinions. Some of the Anti-Duane _Democrats in the Le gislature of Pennsylvania, lately threatened young Thane with expulsion. fie immediately ex claimed, " he should think it an honour' to be ex pelled." The Chathatn and Dartford Regiment of West Kent Local Militia, ,under the command of Earl DARNLLY, as,:emble at Rochester on the 30th MSc. for twenty days. Mr. CLIFFORD, at the late Meeting for the pur pose of rewarding Mr. GALE JONES for his conduit, attempted to clear himself from the imputation of having been chiefly instrumental in procUring the bye-law of Lincoln's Inn, which precluded those students from being called to the Bar, who have ever been paid, for writing in the public prints.-- Mr. CLIFFORD'S- vindication, however, was of so weak a nature, that even a newspaper, favourable to his pont ical .principles, pronounceS his, apology bnt !.‘ a lame one, and justly observes, that he-endea voured to turn the attention tram himself, and di ,red it against Sir ANSTRUTHEE, whose eon , dud he acrimoniously attacked. Why does not Mr. CLIFFORD, who is not mealy-mouthed, and . who is generally disposed to s p ec k o ut, if h e i s inno cent of the charge, boldly say so, and reprobate the measure imputed to Limn as one - that is unjust, illi beral, and totally repugnant to the principles of Br:- . tish freedom. • SEN , TIMENTAL•ANEeDOTE,-:-FrOln a Swedish Pa circuthstance has recently taken place at Fahlun; the_ capital of Dalecailia, in Sweden, which might figure "with Ovantsge in a novel. In work ing to-establish a flew communication between two shafts of a mine, the b idy o f a m i ner .was dis-, covered in,a suite of perfect preservation, and im pregnated with vitriol c water. This body was quite soft, but hardened on being exposed to the air. No one could identify the individual ; it was only re colreete" d that the accident 15y • which he had been thus buried in the bosom of the earth had taken place 50 years ago: AU inquiries as to the name of the sufferer had already ceased, when a decrepid old woman, •leaning on crutches, slowly advanced • towards the 'corpse, and knew it to be that of a, yoUng mark to whom she had been promised in marriage half a century ago. She threw. herself on the corpse, which had all the appearance of a bronze statue, bathed it with her tears,„ and fainted with joy at having once more beheld the object of her effedions on this side ..of the grave. It 'is easier. to conceive than of tuce the singular contrast afforded "by that couple; the_ one buried_ 50- years ago,. • answering al! the.appearaneesof youth, while the ' other, weighed down by age, evinced all the fer vency of youthful love. We are happy to learn, that the accounts of the mortality in Caithness _hare be,..n greatly exagge r.Ated. A respeaable cbrrespondent, in Thurso, writes as follows :—" We have bad, it is true, a season of more than usual sickness-, but not near so fatal as has been represented. The prevailing ma ladies were the .scarlet. fewer and measles, which', in Some instanees, but not very many, proved fatal, partly owing, it i s b e li eve d , to t h e one disease being sometimes mistaken for the other, and not applying for roe:iical assistance in proper time. But in a very few cases indeed, where such aid was resorted to, did either fever or measles . prove mortal. I have the pleasure to add, that now both the fever aitd measles have greatly abated, if not altogether ceased, in, this part of the country." SMITHFIELD MARKET, APR IL 20* Ttri , day's Market had a - middling`supply of dif ferent kinas of cattle; Beef, Mutton, and Lamb, are dearer than our last report ; Veal is cheaper ; Pork sold at last price, and the trade in general was :somewhat flati The sales in the Hay-market were trifling ; Straw fetched a better price than Monday's market Hay and Clover sold at last prices. The following prices and nurnbers are an accurate state rnent:-- • To sink the Offal per stone of 8113. Beef4s. Bd. to6s. od. Mutton 4s. Lod. to 6s. 4d, Veal s's. to 7s. ' Pork ss. rod. to 7s, dd. Leihb 75. cd. to 9i, od. licasts Bso. Sheep and Lambs 4740.:—Calves 21o.—Pins 300: SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. Hay 51. zos. od. to 61. 15s. od. Str al.' los, od. to 3.1 od. Cloyci 61. lc's. od. to 71. los. • ..~: :r BRITISH IZEZEIP. 'A Letter to SAI‘ItYL WIIITEREAD, Esq. M. P. upon the , Military Condu4l of Lird WELLtuoT with some ilernarks upon the Marquis Virti.l.l.is i.Ey's Governmetwin India, and the taut' erie-,kb of l'ai'ty Spint. nrltthlnicus. The. important discussions which have taken olafc • in Parliament, and other weighty matters of na •tional interest have prevented our resuming this de partment of Our Paper but at a more convenient period we shall bestow odr attention upon L;terary - Works of merit, particularly those of a volitical de- Scription.---This Work has naturally been drawn forth b s y' the persevering bitterness with which Ow distinguished Characters who arc the the chief sub je4 of it have been treated by the Opposition Ora tefii aril Writers. The A ut h or , w ith warmt h an d ,vigovigour:,g - ur:,. , yet with a liberal spirit, has defended the triihiary conducrulLord WELLINGTON through the whole of his brilliant career, but he has been chiefly solicitoUs to repel the attacks upon his Lordship re speeting the bNttles of Talavera. In the course of a very accurate examination into the whole of these memorable achievements and their results, he has not only vindicated his Lordship from the invi dious charge of having made an ostentatious display of heroism, but has shewn that the result was high ly advantae . ,i , ous to the cause in \vhich he was en gaged.. This subject the- A'ut'ior has investigated with so much judgment and knowledge as to induce us to suppose he is a military man, and Consequently heightens our .respect for him, when we sec him so anxious to do - justice to a brother Soldier. "We shall at present content ourselves with an extrad from that part Of his work which relates to a set of restless Demagogues who seem to _hate assumed the Office of REVIEWERS for the purpose' of dev,rad ing the . character d vilifying. the efforts of their Country, by -every means of sophistical reasoning and sarcastic virulence. Having thus examined the military condua of Lord 'Wellington, and the claims h'kh in my judg ment he,has to the reputation of a hig,blv skjlful as well as gallant Commander, and to the everlasting gratitude of his country fir his numerous and most splendid services ; I should :,ere close-the subject, did I not feel it peculi ar ly .necessary, from their es timation in the circles of literature, and the ex tensive circulation of their work; to mal.escitue re marks upon the conduct oft he Edinburgh Revie was. I feel it to be a sacred duty to pointit out to the se verest reprobation of all classes of my fellowrcountry-: men, and especially of those Who are naturally guid ed by the decisions of the best educated Members in the community. Even the men of learning, or se nators, or statesmen, are in gew.ral to , ally unfit decide upon military affairs : and I hope to be able to prove to your entire convi6.tion, Sir, that however profound may be the krfowledge of the art of war. among the Edinburgh .Reviewers, they have made a most disengetfuous and unworthy sac; to the .spirit of liarty, in their last October critique upon the condu«t of Lord Wellington. j hope to spew that those new Northern ,lights, like those in the heaVens, after many brilliant coruscations, only leave; us in more profound darkness. " Tbe Reviewers state (0, '2314.) that Lord Welling ton moved to the centre. of tlee Peninsula, without one earthly °Yeti in view but to look at Me cuuniry and get:icar the French !" ' • . • " I protest Sir, J am at a loss whether to be most amazed at the absurdity, atie6ted igrn or fla grant injustice, manifested in this short sentence of these merciless brandishers of the tomahawks ;Ind scalping knives of the press'.—No :object in view, Sirs !—What !—was the destruaion- of an entire corps of the enemy, arid consisting of .20,000 men, no,objea ? Was the driving him across the Tagus, _ and preventing his p enetra ti ng i nto the South of Spain, (it fortunately he escaped ,annihilatio6) no object ?---Was the forming a junction with the most numerous and best equipped army of our allies, and at the earnest entreaty of their government, no ob ject ?—Was the - attempt to bear the enemy's corps in detail, by those bold, rapid, , and decisive move ments which alone can render us a match for the French armies, no object ? . " Tilde are indeed t woobjeas, which the Review ers do allow to have aivated Lord Wellii gtou in ad vancing into Spain ; namely " to look at the country"; and get near the French." " With jegard to the first, these enlightened. and . candid Critics ought certainly not to be displeased ; since the god of then - military idolatory, the Etnperor of the Western family, is remarkable among his other warlike habits, fur " LOOKING" at a vast va riety of countries, and sometimes ra , her more closely than is found convenient or agreeable to the inhabi tants != ----He may, before, he dies, Lake it into his head (who knows ?) to " look at" bnrgh : and it is tiferefOre the part of ail prudent 'and cautious. critics, to beware how they uff,lnd this terrible Emperor, either by omitting to Sound his praises upon all occasions, or' committing the uti~ pardonable sin of applauding the merits of a hero, who had beaten double the number of the troops of the Grert Nation. He might perchance, should" our Northern metropolis fah into his hands but for a week; not only clap 'Monsieur Fonche's seal upon their vrin‘ing PreSs, but order nut Messieurs. " the Edinburgh Reviewers" to be shot, like the unhappy Palm at Nurernburg ; or he might give them t,.e choi& of being strangled like the brave and scieti tific Pichegru, or the betrayed Toussaint ; or mur dered in the night in,sorne Highland forest, like the lamented Due u'Enghieu, (one of the first of heroes and of Men), in the wood of Vincennes ! "As to tne secondobject, that of getting scar the French; by the ridicule which the Revie,A ems throw upon it, it would seem as if' they thought that this WAS NOT the business of a British genersl. For my own part, J ha,e cenfess, some - strange 014• En glish notions' about me ; and cannot for the s on ! . o t ts me, with all dhe submissi on t o those . gentlemen, avoid hoping, that this "getting-at the French," and with the bayonet too, will be the first. and last oty ject of every , British general ! 'Having done with , their facetious observations, let us now attend to their' More serious arguments. _ " The Reviewers state, that " Lord - :Wellington was .attacked in :front by a superior force, (mark that , confession at least), and by a rare mistake of the French.general (not pointed out by the bye), and extraordinary . gallantry ut soldiers,